Romans 16 | The Upward Way | Bible Study with A. Z. Adams — Transcript

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1. 0:00Romans chapter 16. This is Paul's
2. 0:02[music] final chapter in the letter to
3. 0:04the Romans.
4. 0:07I commend to you our sister Phoebe,
5. 0:10who is a servant of the church which is
6. 0:13at
7. 0:13>> [music]
8. 0:13>> Cenchrea.
9. 0:15That you receive her in the Lord in a
10. 0:18manner worthy of the saints and that you
11. 0:20help her in whatever matter she may have
12. 0:23need [music] of you.
13. 0:25For she herself has also been a helper
14. 0:27of many and of myself [music]
15. 0:30as well.
16. 0:32So there's a sister in the church who
17. 0:34has ministered faithfully with Paul and
18. 0:36been an
19. 0:37a servant in supporting the ministry,
20. 0:40>> [music]
21. 0:40>> probably in practical matters, but we
22. 0:42don't know.
23. 0:44Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow
24. 0:46workers [music] in Christ Jesus.
25. 0:49I don't know if that's Priscilla,
26. 0:50another version of Priscilla, it may be.
27. 0:53Who for my life risked their own necks,
28. 0:57to whom not only do I give thanks, but
29. 0:59also all the churches of the Gentiles.
30. 1:03Also greet the church that is in their
31. 1:05house.
32. 1:07Greet Epaenetus,
33. 1:09my beloved,
34. 1:11who is the first convert to Christ from
35. 1:13Asia. [music]
36. 1:15Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.
37. 1:18Greet
38. 1:20Andronicus
39. 1:21and Junia, my kinsmen and my fellow
40. 1:24prisoners, who are outstanding among the
41. 1:27apostles,
42. 1:29who also were in Christ before me.
43. 1:32Greet Ampliatus,
44. 1:34>> [music]
45. 1:34>> my beloved in the Lord.
46. 1:36Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in
47. 1:39Christ,
48. 1:40and [music] Stachys, my beloved.
49. 1:43Greet Apelles,
50. 1:45the approved in Christ.
51. 1:48Greet those who are of the household of
52. 1:50Aristobulus.
53. 1:52Greet Herodion, my kinsman.
54. 1:55Greet those of the household of
55. 1:57Narcissus, who are in the Lord.
56. 2:00Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in
57. 2:03the Lord. Greet Persis, the beloved, who
58. 2:06has worked hard in the Lord. Greet
59. 2:09Rufus, a choice man in the Lord, also
60. 2:12his [music] mother and mine.
61. 2:16Greet Asyncritus,
62. 2:18Phlegon, Hermes,
63. 2:21Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren with
64. 2:24them.
65. 2:25Greet Philologus and Julia,
66. 2:28Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and
67. 2:32all the saints who are with them.
68. 2:34Greet one another with a holy kiss.
69. 2:38All the churches of Christ greet you.
70. 2:41Now,
71. 2:42I urge you, brethren,
72. 2:44keep your eye on those who cause
73. 2:47dissensions
74. 2:49and hindrances,
75. 2:51contrary to the teaching which you
76. 2:54learned,
77. 2:55and turn away from them.
78. 2:58For such men are slaves
79. 3:02not of our Lord Jesus Christ,
80. 3:05but of their own appetites,
81. 3:07and by their smooth and flattering
82. 3:09speech, they deceive the hearts of the
83. 3:13unsuspecting.
84. 3:16So, he gives this incredible greeting of
85. 3:18all the people he knows in their church,
86. 3:21all the people from him who care about
87. 3:24their church. He finishes by telling
88. 3:26them to greet one another, to just go
89. 3:29around and give each other a hug, to
90. 3:31show affection to one another.
91. 3:34And then he says, "Watch out for those
92. 3:38who cause dissensions and hindrances.
93. 3:43Who, when the church is starting to
94. 3:45progress,
95. 3:47drop a problem in front of it.
96. 3:49Put a pothole in the road. Put a
97. 3:52stumbling block in the way.
98. 3:54And he says the reason they do this is
99. 3:56because they are slaves not to the Lord
100. 4:01but to their own appetites.
101. 4:05Their own bellies.
102. 4:07What they want.
103. 4:09For the report of your obedience
104. 4:13has reached to all.
105. 4:16Paul starts Romans 1 by saying that God
106. 4:19gave him the ministry of stewarding the
107. 4:22gospel to bring about the obedience of
108. 4:26faith. And now he finishes the book of
109. 4:29Romans by saying the report of your
110. 4:32obedience
111. 4:34has reached to all. Therefore, I am
112. 4:37rejoicing over you.
113. 4:39But I want you to be wise in what is
114. 4:41good and innocent in what is evil.
115. 4:45The God of peace will soon crush Satan
116. 4:50under [clears throat] your feet.
117. 4:52That's dominion. That's what it looks
118. 4:55like when we are freed from the patterns
119. 4:58of the world that he spoke of in Romans
120. 5:0012 through the renewing of our mind
121. 5:02where the patterns live and we start to
122. 5:05live in the patterns of the kingdom that
123. 5:07he enumerates afterward.
124. 5:09The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.
125. 5:12Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you.
126. 5:16And so do Lucius and Jason and
127. 5:18Sosipater, my kinsmen.
128. 5:21I, Tertius, who write this letter, greet
129. 5:24you in the Lord. So, the letter is
130. 5:26actually scribed by the hand of a
131. 5:29servant of Paul even though Paul is the
132. 5:31one dictating it.
133. 5:33Gaius, host to me and to the whole
134. 5:36church, greets you. Erastus, the city
135. 5:40treasurer, greets you.
136. 5:42And Quartus, the brother.
137. 5:46The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be
138. 5:48with you all. Amen.
139. 5:51Now,
140. 5:53to him who is able to establish you
141. 5:57according to my gospel
142. 5:59and the preaching of Jesus Christ,
143. 6:02according to the revelation of the
144. 6:04mystery
145. 6:05which has been kept secret for long
146. 6:08[music] ages past,
147. 6:10but now is manifested,
148. 6:12and by the scriptures [music]
149. 6:14of the prophets, according to the
150. 6:15commandment of the eternal God, has been
151. 6:18[music] made known to all the nations,
152. 6:21leading to the obedience of faith.
153. 6:26To the only wise God, through Jesus
154. 6:28Christ, be glory forever.
155. 6:32Amen. So,
156. 6:34he ends the whole [music] thing
157. 6:36by saying
158. 6:38that the great mystery, the great
159. 6:39gospel, the law and the prophets,
160. 6:42the whole of what God has done [music]
161. 6:44and is doing
162. 6:46is to bring about the obedience of
163. 6:49faith.
164. 6:51If you can separate [music] the word
165. 6:53obedience from the word faith, you do
166. 6:56not understand the teaching of Paul.
167. 6:59But if you understand [music] faith
168. 7:01as the response of love to the word of
169. 7:05life,
170. 7:06and you understand [music] that response
171. 7:08as a lifestyle, a journey,
172. 7:11a walk
173. 7:13of living out your salvation, living out
174. 7:17your faith in Christ, then you
175. 7:19understand why he wrote this letter.
176. 7:21And then, [music] to the only wise God
177. 7:23through Jesus Christ, there will come
178. 7:25glory from your life, from your church,
179. 7:28from your way.
180. 7:48>> Mhm.